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  • Durie Hill School

    Durie Hill School

    motivating a desire for ongoing learning so each child can achieve their potential

Enrolment Introduction

Thank you for your interest to find out more about our school. Please do not hesitate to make contact with us. During a holiday period, the best method of contact is to email Jean Craddock, our office administrator and Geoff Simes, our principal, by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Enrolment Scheme

An official ministry of education enrolment scheme was put in place at Durie Hill School back in 2006 and currently remains.

Under an enrolment scheme, students have an automatic right to enrol if they live within the school’s zone. Detail of the school’s zone is explained below.

Students living outside the zone may still be able to attend, but parents will need to apply for enrolment. We encourage parents to contact us as soon as possible about this.

Quick Explanation of the Durie Hill School Home Zone

  • Includes areas of Durie Hill, Bastia Hill, Putiki, and areas and roads along Putiki Drive and Airport Road.
  • Includes Bastia Hill but not Ikitara Road or roads joining onto Ikitara Road.
  • Includes areas and side-roads extending along State Highway 3 (to Palmerston North), but only as far out as Hewitts Road, but not out to Marybank.
  • Includes areas and side-roads extending out along No 2 Line (to Fordell), but stopping at Union Line.
  • All areas in Wanganui East and on the 'City' side of the river are unfortunately not in our zone.

Description of our Home Zone (Full Official Ministry of Education Version)

'The boundary of the home zone will follow the southern bank of the Whanganui River from the Wanganui Airport terminal to the junction of Anzac Parade and Mount View Road, thence along Mount View Road (but including Iris Place and Bastia Avenue) to the junction with Georgetti Road, thence in a straight line across open country to the end of Durie Vale Road and on in a straight line across open country to Durie Hill School, and thence along No 2 line to its junction with Union Line, thence along Union Line to the end of the road and on in a straight line across open country to the end of Hewitts Road, thence following Hewitts Road, State Highway 3 (but including Nepia Road), Wikitoria Road (but including Onetere Drive), and Airport Road to the Wanganui airport terminal. Houses on both sides of the named roads shall be deemed to be in the Home Zone'.